Men plead not guilty to false imprisonment in Lunney trial

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Alan O’Brien, Darren Redmond and Luke O’Reilly pleaded not guilty to false imprisonment and intentionally causing serious harm at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 10 June 2021.

The charges concern the alleged abduction and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney in County Cavan on 17 September 2019.

Michael O’Higgins SC, representing an unnamed accused, argued that mobile-phone evidence obtained through search warrants should be excluded because data-retention safeguards were inadequate.

He criticised the Government’s failure to replace legislation found inconsistent with European law, and said his submissions would continue before the three-judge court.